Garment-fastener.



i @MESH-TAYLOR AND Mona TAYLOR, or rnimnnntnnify "f 1 PENNSYLVANIA.

c-ARMEN'T-FASTENER; y

' speencetiener Letters Patent; 1. Patented- Megen' y1s, `reol Application filed.` December 3. 190g.' Serial No. 235,306:k p v and IZORA; TAYLoR, citizens of the United Stateaand residents ofthe -oity` ofY Philadelphla, State 'of4- Pennsylvania, have.:L invented' Certain new and useful. Improvements in i Garment-,Fasteners of which the following is a full, clear, and completedisclosure.

Heretofore -ijnthat type of influent-fa sten-- ers-,by which the clothor-fa rie is clamped between two slidoblepnrts, one of which is in .the form of; abntton or stud and the other in the-form'. of alooP', the 'Stud has been. made offsuch a shape 'and hasslloh a relation to theV Ling i-,Q press intothe flesh, 'andtthereb hind'erv or@ sto 1., circulion of. the blood.

loop: that the ffetenerhas been rendered ver uncomfortable; to-the wearer, as well as tends-7 his .has been' 111e. notonlytotheheigh Of thetstudn relation totthelbasefplate, butto the Shape of the same in .relation lto 'Said base-plate, for it u "-hasfbeen found that if the fastener consists of a, basefplate-having a shank eXtendin'gth'ere-- from with an.' ordinary circular.v or disk-like jle* nt 59P- or' heed hailing ebruptfedges Sandton W engaged Wit-hftlle loop` or other part ofI n; fastener sinks' in@ the neshand. 1s, very n; fixed] object 'or owingto 'a articularpo'stion ofthe' members 'o'f the bo y of thewearer;

The object, therefore, of our invention 'is to overcome these objections and to produce a fastener Which h a's no obtrusi've" objections andwhich willnot injure the wearer or even` @ense discomfort.. r i

.Eor a. full, clear, and; exact description-.of

our invention, and inodiio'ations.l thereof v'reference.. mayy bze. had to the accompanying fdrawingsformnga part thereof, in which-I Figure 1 is Aa 'plan View. o ffour improved g garment-fastener', Showing' the parte assemlied. liigl aysd'e'eevation thereof? Fig., 3, is aside elevation. ofthe inner member of- .thefastenerdetaohedfrom theloop. Fig. 4.

io.. a, longitudinal. Settionalview of. the Sama. taken. upon line 4.4. of Fls- 1'- upon the line 5'5 of Fig.. 1.. Fig, 6 isa.. plan view ofv a slightly-modified. form 'of our inn-` l provedgarmentfastene'r .v igi y'7f Ais i ga .lineloloFi-ge.

vprises' a` suitable base kon'plate13,fv'vlich provided at .opposite ends with suitableslbtsv or drawn' into the. required 'shape ffromfthe Fig, 5 is a, transverse sectional viewof the same, taken 5.5 elevation of the same. Flg.` 8'1s1axsrdefeleva `tio n of the inner member ofthe.fas/tenen@- Fig'7 .f f '9 1s a longitudinal` sectional view thereof;

taken upon the line 9 9, Fig, 6 and Fig. v150 is a transverse sectional view:,takenuponVA the to thedrawings,y thefnumeral T' Referrin 2Lloopiof wlre or other,v suitable'ma"-l indicat'es a 4terial which is narrow atone: end;andpro,-v

vided at'its opposite endwith'atransverse l65 ment to a stripor other means inner/or stud .member of. t e fastener- 4 and 5 for the purpose of attachin said plate to va suitable strip or other ilexible"'sn'pp'ort. 1f/.5. The. central portionofthe plate Bis provided with a projection `whiehis preferably stamped '75' materialof'the plateand consists' of the-side' walls 6, extending at{,'substantially rightfa'n ff' gles to the plate 3, and an 'end'wall 7,'co'nne'et'i l ing the same. The upper margins'on edges of these walls 6 and 7 are bent outward' and 8.o

.slightly downward to form a ltop'or lre'adfor the studmember, the coimection between i said Wall and V'said outwardly? bent' margin vbeing in the formof a, smooth'roundedicurve commencing at the inner or 'upper'fxendfof the stud member andeXte'ndin'g downwardly or transversely 'on'y an aref of' substantially it@ uniform- 'radius' over andbeyond" the walll-of the stud '7; The outerWearingesurfacesofthe stud may be coveredl with-'anysiiitableina 9 terial S-such as kid, felt', vor rubber'+which Will prevent the fabric of the' garmer'rts from *I becoming' worn and falso give greater fricll`- tional engagement between, the parts of the fastener. Said wearing-'surfaces maybe cov- 9S 'ered with celluloid in the well-known manner. Theform of our invention shown in Figs. 6

t'o 10, inclusive, are similar insha e and ar- 'ran' ement to that shown the'otl erfigures oft e drawings, with the exception that inv stead of having the'central or ystud portiony of the fastening stamped or drawn from sheet IOO . metal the same is'v swaged or cast into the form 1n which the outer marglnal or retaming 'pon tions are connected by al continuous top or .cover 9, which has r'substantiall 1 the same shape longitudinally as the stud above referred to. This stud or central portion is elongated, the surface gradually rising on one l side from a point where said stud Joins the base-.plate to the full height of the stud, then continuing overhangs the walls on the remaining sides thereof, and thus is also curved transversely in the form of av smooth even arc shaped surface, which if continued Would terminate substantially at the edge of the base-plate, as 'indicated in Figs. 5 and 10 by dotted lines. i

From 'the above descriptions it will be seen that We'ha've produced a garment-fastener the parts of which when assembled will produce' no abrupt protuberances or projections, but will form a smooth rounded body which if `the same should become pressed into the flesh of the wearer would not 'cause pain or inconvenience, owing to the reduced height in proportionto its extenty of bearing-surfaces. At the vsame time our improved garmentfastener is made extremely durable, is ca abley of being manufactured easily and rapi ly, and may be sold for a low price.

Having thus described our invention, it

will be obvious that changes may be made in the form and arrangements of parts without 'departing from the-spiritiand scope thereof;

but

AfWhat We claim, andfdesire to secure by Letters .Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a garment-fastener, the combination with a loop and a base-plate, of a rigid stud having an outer retaining-su`rface, said surface gradually rising on one side from a point Where thefstud joins the base-plate, to the full height of the stud, and'overhanging be yond the walls of the stud on the remaining sides thereof.

2. In a garment-fastener, the combination with a loop and a base-plate, of a stud having an outer retainingesurface, said surface grad ually rising on one side from the point where the stud joins the base-plate to the full height of the stud and overhanging beyond the walls of the stud on the remaining sides thereof,

the entire retaining-surface being curved longitudinally and transversely toward said late to forma smooth curved top of large earing-surface without abru t edges.

3. In a garment-fastener, t 1e combination with a loop and a base-.plate,of an elongated stud having an outer retaining-surface, said surface gradually rising onone side from a point where said stud oiiis the base-plate to the full height of the stud and overhanging beyond the walls of the stud on the remaining sides thereof.

4. In a garment-fastener, the combination with a loopand base-plate, of a stud having -f an outer retaining-surface said surface gradually rising on one side from the point where the stud joins the base-plate to the full height.

of the stud and overhanging beyond the walls of the stud on the remaining sides 'thereoh the entire retaining #surface being :convex edges.

6's`` with respectvto said base-plate to v[avoid abrupt 4 y l 5. A garment-fastener'comprising 'an iniiu7 terlocking loop and stud, said stud consisting,

of a base-plate having its center stamped o1 rolled up into the form'of la curved lip eic't'endinfg'fo'r substantially the whole leng'tli'of the plate and its'outer edge bent outwardly and downwardly to form a curvedtop without Y 75.

6.- In a garment# astenen'the combination abrupt edges' or pro'ections.

of a'stud and a base-plate, 'said stud consisting of the material-of the central' portion of said base-p`lat`e formed into a curved lip 'extending for substantially the whole length of the plate,and having its outer edge bentoutwardl .and then downwardly, the top of said stud eing provided with a smooth curved y top of large bearing-surface without abrupt 8s 7. Ina garment-fastener, the combination of a stud, and base-plate, vsaid stud consisting of the material of the central portion of said f base-plate formed into a curved li extends" ing substantially the whole length o tli'e plate .and having its outer edge bent outwardly and downwardly, the top of said stud bein provided With a surface of frictional materia with an interlocking loop coperating In witness whereof we have hereunto `set our hands this 2d day of December, A. D. 1904.

JAMES H. TAYLOR; lIZORA TAYLOR. Witnessesz i, i V w 'FRED J; ROBERTS, i i FRANK TAYLOR. A 

